A brief history of poisons and poisoning. Sokolov B.V.

I give you bitter pills in a sweet shell. The pills themselves are harmless, the whole poison is in their sweets. (S. Hedgehogs) The same compositions can be produced by alcohol, fertilizers, medicines, and in a favorable direction of the wind - to destroy the whole army on the battlefield. There are enough drops in a glass of wine to change the ruling dynasty and change the course of history. They are cheap and can be obtained literally from toothpaste. You need to reckon with them. The historical career of poisons began with arrows poisoned by mucus frogs, and came to secret military substances, one drop of which can destroy an entire city. These are no longer the romantic poisons of Shakespeare. The possibilities of modern poisons are able to impress the imagination of the most daring science fiction writers of the last century. The proposed book will introduce you to the details of the most high -profile and resonant poisoning of the century that broke the course of the whole history, you will learn the shocking details of the case A. Litvinenko, B. Berezovsky and the sensational affairs S. and Yu. Skripalev.